Field Notebook: Florida. 1911, 1912
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Tuesday Dec 19 - 1911. Took the Riverside car from Ortega across the St. Johns river and some miles down the river from Jacksonville. This is where the County and San and Rod Clubs are situated. Just over the St. Johns river may be seen some fine "Holly" trees and which I photographed. In the woods there is also a Hue-shell artifacts lying. In the sand lying around saw a few marine fossils but nothing to indicate any great antiquity. From the bridge on the St. John's one gets a distant view of Jacksonville. The water has been to be the dead hog waters and attempt about 22 miles up from the mouth of the river the shells showed plenty of barnacles though small. Many oyster shell heaps are also seen but all of these are lighter than the "far" 22 miles down the river which is at the sea point. There also I saw heaps of gastropods used as road metal. Have some specimens. They are also larger from the mouth of the river. Thought I saw some unio among these gastropods.